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MAY 9, 2001, NEW FEATURES: WHEATPASTE AND WEBSPACE: DYKE ACTION MACHINE The anti-tech Webwork "Gynadome" is Dyke Action Machine!'s latest campaign to jam lesbian images into public space. Robert Atkins reports. http://www.mediachannel.org/arts/perspectives/dam/index.html JOURNALISM AND POWER: WATCHDOG OR ACCOMPLICE? Frank Vogl warns the World Bank (and all of us) that corrupt media ownership is endangering development. http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/vogl.shtml NEWS DISSECTOR: MOGUL POLS Two media moguls, Silvio Berlusconi in Italy and Michael Bloomberg in New York, are running for political office. Danny Schechter says media and politics are converging. http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/mogul-pols.shtml DAILY MEDIA NEWS Breaking news stories about the media internationally, from mainstream and alternative sources. http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/ **FROM OUR AFFILIATES** THE PEOPLE'S MEDIA There may be hope for media yet! "Making Waves" reveals 50 projects that enable poor people to "seize control of their own life stories." http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#waves WALL STREET VERSUS THE NEWS Alarms are sounding about the profit pressures facing U.S. newspapers. Journalists and their bosses are invited to speak out - on the record - about the impact of newsroom cutbacks. http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#profits ONE WORLD MEDIA GOVERNMENT The datastreams of our increasingly digital world are threatened by a secret takeover. Jeremy Rifkin warns of "a radical plan to wrest control of the entire spectrum from governments around the world." http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#spectrum MEDIA READER The best media about the media. MediaChannel's international, biweekly, multimedia magazine * Balkan Broadcasting * The Napster Lesson Plan * New York's Ethnic Press And much, much more... Plus: Streaming audio and video http://www.mediachannel.org/news/mediareader *************************************************** NEW MEDIACHANNEL E-BOOK! "MEDIAOCRACY 2000: HAIL TO THE THIEF" How the Media Stole the US Presidential Election Edited by Danny Schechter, MediaChannel and Roland Schatz, MediaTenor. http://www.electronpress.com/excerpts/hailexc.htm Hard-hitting analysis of the role of the U.S. media during the 2000 presidential election. Featuring commentary and reporting by MediaChannel affiliates with an original introduction by Danny Schechter. Forward by Crocker Snow, editor of the World Paper. Sales of this book will benefit MediaChannel.org. 167 pages. German Edition published by Innovatio, January 2001 U.S. edition published by Electron Press, May 2001 http://www.electronpress.com/excerpts/hailexc.htm ******************************************************************* MediaChannel welcomes our new affiliates: * Space Man Behave * Info-Ong * Link Media, Inc. * WETV Foundation * Communications Consortium Media Center http://www.mediachannel.org/ THE MEDIACHANNEL POLICY CENTER In a time of rapid and sweeping change, media policies matter. MediaChannel previews a new gateway to media policy information, discussion, resources and organizations worldwide. http://www.mediachannel.org/policycenter ************************* MEDIACHANNEL EVENT: A discussion with Walter Cronkite and Dr. Benjamin Barber: Media and Democracy: The Future of Journalism and the Threat to the First Amendment Thursday, May 24, 2001, 6 p.m. First Amendment Center, 580 Madison Avenue (56th and 57th streets) New York, NY. More events, action alerts and other notices on the BULLETIN BOARD http://www.mediachannel.org/bulletinboard MEDIACHANNEL'S BULLETIN BOARD AND MARKETPLACE jobs*events*action alerts*services*equipment*programming & more http://www.mediachannel.org/bulletinboard http://www.mediachannel.org/market ******************************************************** THE GLOBAL OWNERSHIP CHART Thanks to the merger boom, media power is more concentrated than ever. A new online chart presents the global media overlords in vivid color. http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership ******************************************************** GLOBAL NEWS INDEX *Bookmark This!* Find newspapers and news sites worldwide with quick links to over 600 news sources sorted by region and country. http://www.mediachannel.org/links/links-frameset.html ******************************************************** MEDIACHANNEL SEEKS INTERNS! MediaChannel is seeking interns with a background in media studies, media activism, or with Web publishing, programming, and multimedia skills. Contact catherine@mediachannel.org ******************************************************** THE JOURNALISTS' TOOLKIT http://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/journo THE ESSENTIAL BOOKMARK FOR ANY JOURNALIST Research tools, interview tips, Web writing guides and more! http://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/journo WEBMASTERS: YOU CAN ADD THIS ICON: http://www.mediachannel.org/images/jtoolkit-mediachannel.gif TO LINK TO THE TOOLKIT =================================================== AS THE MEDIA WATCH THE WORLD, WE WATCH THE MEDIA. MediaChannel is a not-for-profit project of OneWorld and The Global Center, and is produced by Globalvision New Media. MediaChannel.org ( http://www.mediachannel.org ) is the first Web portal dedicated to international media issues, and the premiere Internet source for analysis and information about the media. 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